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Market Leaders


	Sandra Bensworth VP-Market Leader Southern California Sandra Bensworth leads the Irvine office of Accretive Solutions. She is one of the original founders of BF Consultants, Inc., which became part of Accretive Solutions in 2005. Sandra has worked in the consulting industry since 1997. Her career included Shearson Lehman Mortgage Company, Coldwell Banker Corporation, and Deloitte & Touche before she began her own consulting practice that provided professional services on federal and multi-state tax compliance and research.
	Chris Fontanella VP-Market Leader Southern California Chris Fontanella leads the Los Angeles office of Accretive Solutions. He is one of the original founders of BF Consultants, Inc., which became part of Accretive Solutions in 2005. Chris has worked in the consulting industry over ten years, including holding a leadership role in Corporate Trust at Security Pacific/Bank of America. He excels at providing high quality accounting and finance professionals on a project basis.
	Ann Hook SVP-Eastern Region Ann Hook leads the Atlanta market and oversees the Jacksonville and New York markets for Accretive Solutions. Ann has over twenty years of experience in the consulting industry including Big Four, as well as mid-sized consulting companies with international and US based corporations. Prior to joining Accretive Solutions in December of 2007, Ann was Regional Vice President for Pomeroy’s operation in the Midwest and the Southeast with a base in Atlanta. During her career, she has led large business units as well as transformation programs and consulted with corporations across multiple industries including insurance, pharmaceutical, financial, manufacturing and retail. Ann graduated from the University of Stockholm, Sweden in 1988.
	Tom King VP-Market Leader Jacksonville Thomas King leads the Jacksonville office of Accretive Solutions. He is a CPA and has more than 20 years of experience in finance, accounting, auditing, process improvement, and project management. Since joining the firm in 2004, Tom has served as our Governance & Compliance Practice Director, National Leader of our Transportation and Supply Chain Management practice and focuses on specialty audits where he assists entities streamline operations, reduce expenses and recover lost revenue. Tom started his career in public accounting with Ernst & Young LLP, holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting (UNF) and an MBA from Temple University.
	Maria Martindale VP-Market Leader Dallas Maria Martindale leads the Dallas/Fort Worth office of Accretive Solutions. She has over twenty years of business experience across multiple industries. When joining Accretive Solutions' predecessor firm in 1996, Maria was instrumental in starting the firm's successful executive search practice. She stayed with the firm after the acquisition by Accretive Solutions in 2000. Throughout her 14 year career with Accretive Solutions and the predecessor firm, she has expanded her roles to include consulting solution offerings and in 2007, she was promoted to Market Leader for the Dallas/Fort Worth office. Prior to joining the firm, Maria held positions in Accounting and Finance with experience in the areas of audit, property management accounting, tax accounting and system implementations. She graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree in Accounting.
	Stephen Moore SVP-Western Region Stephen Moore jointly leads the Northern California Market (with Katy Yeager) and oversees the Southern California market. He has more than 20 years of experience in finance, accounting, internal auditing, system implementation, project management, and process improvement. Since joining the firm in 1997, Stephen has focused on developing and implementing improved processes for clients such as Altera, Quantum, Siebel Systems and VeriSign. Prior to joining Accretive Solutions, Stephen held positions at Intel Corporation and Amdahl Corporation. He graduated from Curtin University in Australia.
	Doug C. Mzyk VP-Market Leader San Antonio Doug Mzyk joined the company in April 2009 and leads the San Antonio market for Accretive Solutions. Prior to joining Accretive Solutions, Doug worked as the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of 2 Brands, a restaurant-industry company, and before that, Vice President and CFO of a food manufacturer. Doug has over 18 years of hands on experience in strategic planning, reorganization, turnaround management, merger and acquisitions, process improvement, risk management, and capital investment planning and financial modeling. Doug’s client base included multiple Fortune 100 companies and Venture Capital groups. While at George Group Consulting, Doug specialized in implementing lean manufacturing (supply chain), six sigma, and organization development programs. Doug began his career at KPMG Peat Marwick after earning a Bachelors of Business Administration degree from Texas Tech University.
	Robert Schwartz VP-Market Leader Houston Robert Schwartz brings more than twenty-five years of consulting experience to Accretive Solutions where he leads our Houston practice. Prior to joining Accretive Solutions, Mr. Schwartz was a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers where he led large transformational projects for several of the firm’s global 1000 clients. Mr. Schwartz was subsequently a partner with Alvarez & Marsal Business Consulting where he performed the roles of Interim-CIO and Interim-COO for two of the firm’s strategic clients. He is a 1984 graduate of Texas A&M University and has completed executive coursework at Oxford.
	Richard Wallace EVP of Business Strategy and IT Consulting Solutions, Market Leader Detroit Rich Wallace joined Accretive Solutions in March 2009 and currently serves as EVP of Business Strategy and IT Consulting Solutions. Rich is also Accretive Solutions’ lead subject matter expert and principal spokesman for IT Professional Services and Business Strategy Solutions. Prior to joining Accretive Solutions, Rich held the position of General Manager and Vice President, Hosting Services, with a Fortune 500 provider of business outsourcing solutions. Earlier in his career he served as Senior Partner and Chief Information Officer for a global professional services, software services, and managed services firm that delivered “extended enterprise” solutions to the Global 3000, mid-market and emerging companies. Rich holds a Bachelors Degree in Information Systems and Communications from the College of Mount St. Joseph.
	Katy Yeager SVP-Market Leader Northern California Katy jointly leads the Northern California Market (with Stephen Moore). Since she joined the firm in 1994, Katy has provided technical accounting advisory services, including IPO assistance and SEC reporting, to both established and newly public companies. She has assisted with the development of firm-wide methodologies for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, as well as providing emerging companies with start-up services. Katy has also held various public accounting positions with Arthur Andersen in San Jose. She is a Certified Public Accountant who graduated from Santa Clara University, where she is currently a member of the Accounting Advisory Board.